Many of the country's top older fillies and mares will square off when the starting gate opens in the 2024 Apple Blossom Handicap on Saturday at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. Adare Manor is the 9-5 favorite in the 2024 Apple Blossom Handicap odds, while Wet Paint is 3-1. Gulfstream Park shipper Honor D Lady is getting 7-2 odds in the nine-horse 2024 Apple Blossom Handicap field, with Taxed (5-1) also getting single-digit odds.

Post time is set for 6:46 p.m. ET. With several accomplished fillies and mares set to enter the starting gate on Saturday, you'll want to see what Santa Anita-based racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu has to say before making any Apple Blossom Handicap picks. Join SportsLine here to see whom she's picking.

Few people in racing are as well-connected as Yu. An on-air host and reporter who has provided racing analysis for TVG, HRTV and the Breeders' Cup, Yu has spent a lifetime in racing. Prior to her television career, she worked for trainers Steve Asmussen and Ron Moquett. She also is married to Santa Anita-based trainer Ryan Hanson.

Yu also has tremendous handicapping chops. In a wide-open Kentucky Derby in 2021, she gave out Medina Spirit, who crossed the finish line first, as the winner at 12-1. In Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager two years ago, she suggested a play on All Other 3-Year-Olds, which cashed at a whopping 18-1 when Rich Strike won the Derby.

Last year she crushed the Saudi Cup, riding 15-1 winner Panthalassa, nailed Derma Sotogake to win the UAE Derby and hit the exacta in the Santa Anita Derby. She hit the exacta in the Preakness Stakes and Hollywood Gold Cup and had both the winner and exacta in the Summertime Oaks and the Prince of Wales's Stakes. She also smashed the Haskell Stakes for a $663 score, hitting 12-1 winner Geaux Rocket Ride as well as the exacta.

In January, she correctly called National Treasure to win the Pegasus World Cup, and last week she predicted Stronghold's upset win in the Santa Anita Derby, en route to a $219.50 payday!

For Saturday, Yu has handicapped the 2024 Apple Blossom Handicap horses, made her picks and constructed her bets. Join SportsLine here to see them.

One surprise: Yu is high on the chances of Bellamore, even though she's a 12-1 longshot! "She picks up a lot of checks," Yu told SportsLine. She is using Bellamore prominently in her 2024 Apple Blossom Handicap bets.

Moreover, Yu's top pick is a "super consistent" horse. She's also high on a double-digit longshot who "seems to run great races against easier foes." She is including these horses in her 2024 Apple Blossom Handicap bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So who wins the 2024 Apple Blossom Handicap? What double-digit longshot is a must-back? And how has Yu constructed her wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2024 Apple Blossom Handicap picks and horse-by-horse analysis, all from the Santa Anita-based insider who NAILED last week's Santa Anita Derby!